ail Family Set
This set includes:
Poster
Worksheets
Stationery
Cloze
ABC Order
Bookmark
Recording
Puzzles
Configuration
Word Cards
Shape Book
Scrabble
Crossword
Mini Book
Poetry
Handwriting
Cut and Paste
Sorts
Simple Sentences
Spell and Write
Word Slide
Word Mat
Writing Paper
What’s It Worth?
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-ail Word Family List
ail
jail
rail
wail
bail
mail
sail*
detail
fail
nail
snail
frail
pail
tail
hail
quail
trail
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A Snail Leaves a Trail!
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There was a little snail
By the name of Abigail.
She handed out the mail
Through the rain and the hail.
And that special little snail
Would always leave a trail!
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Ouch!
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He delivers the mail most every day.
Through rain and hail he makes his way.
But now and then we hear him wail
When an angry dog takes a bite of his tail!
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Bedtime Blues
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On a scale of one to ten,
No one cries like baby Ben.
But Dad can fill an empty pail
When baby Ben begins to wail!
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Frail Mail!
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The Tail
Tale
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If Superman
Delivered
the Mail
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Name
ail Cut and Paste
mail
pail
snail
nail
tail
sail
wail
trail
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Name
ail See, Say, Spell and Write
mail
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Name
Say the name of each picture. If the picture belongs in the –ail family and rhymes
with sail, add –ail to finish writing the word.
s
ch
tr
v
n
j
sn
tr
m
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Name
Look at the picture in each box. Circle the word that matches the picture. Write
the word on the lines.
1.
snail
smell
2.
note
nail
3.
sail
sell
4.
ail
mail
5.
trail
tale
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X’s and O’s
Directions for teacher/parent: Students circle each picture that ends with the
–ail rime. They make an x on each picture that does not end with the ail rime.
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More X’s and O’s
Directions to teacher/parent: Students circle each picture that ends with the –ail rime and
write the word in the box. If the picture does not end with the –ail rime, students make an x
over the picture.
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Cloze the Gap! (ail)
Read the following sentences, saying the word “sail” when
you come to a blank space. Use words from the ail family
to fill in the blanks and make sense. Reread your
sentences to double check your choices!
1.
Jack and Jill went to fetch a
of water.
2.
When he’s happy, my dog wags his
3.
A
4.
Can you hit the
5.
A braid can be called a
.
leaves a slimy
6.
.
with the hammer?
.
sounds just like sale, but isn’t spelled the same.
7.
My favorite Easter song is about Peter
8.
Grandma sent a valentine card in the
9.
.
.
is small balls of ice that fall from the sky.
is a shy, brown bird.
10. A
pigtail
trail
Word Bank
sail
pail
mail
snail
tail
nail
quail
hail
cottontail
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Configuration Station (ail)
Word Bank
ail
mail
rail
fail
bail
snail
trail
quail
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Crossword Puzzle: ail
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Across
1.
2.
5.
7.
8.
9.
go in a boat
to track; path
to get a low grade
to use a hammer
an ice shower
a bucket
frail
trail
snail
jail
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Word Bank
ail
pail
nail
wail
Down
an animal with a spiral shell
what a dog wags
to be sick
prison
weak or easily broken
a long, sad cry
sail
hail
fail
tail
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ail Word Search
f
r
a
i
l
z t
a
i
l
r
a
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l
i
v u g d m a
i
l
c
l
z x n b g
i
e v o
l
t k u
a c e o k v
c g d b a
i
s n a
v x a d z
i
l
a a
v k o c e
i
g w
i
i
o u
l
e a
l
l
z d x g v k c
v
c k e o u p a
jail
mail
wail
fail
pail
tail
j
a
nail
sail
rail
i
bail
snail
hail
i
l
l
frail
trail
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Score With Scrabble!
SCORE
Ail
Bail
Fail
Frail
Jail
Nail
Pail
Quail
Rail
Sail
tail
Total
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Alphabet
Avenue
Place the words below in alphabetical order.
1
7
2
8
3
9
4
10
5
11
6
12
WORD BANK
fail
mail
pail
jail
sail
frail
bail
quail
hail
rail
ail
nail
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ail Partner Puzzle
h ail
m ail
s ail
sn ail
n ail
p ail
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bail
ail
fail
hail
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jail
mail
nail
pail
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quail
sail
snail
tail
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wail
frail
trail
mail
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-ail Pictures and Words
-ail Pictures and Words
bail
-ail Pictures and Words
-ail Pictures and Words
ail
--ail Pictures and Words
-ail Pictures and Words
fail
-ail Pictures and Words
--ail Pictures and Words
hail
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--ail Pictures and Words
--ail Pictures and Words
jail
--ail Pictures and Words
--ail Pictures and Words
mail
--ail Pictures and Words
--ail Pictures and Words
nail
-ail Pictures and Words
--ail Pictures and Words
pail
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-ail Pictures and Words
--ail Pictures and Words
quail
-ail Pictures and Words
--ail Pictures and Words
sail
-ail Pictures and Words
--ail Pictures and Words
snail
--ail Pictures and Words
--ail Pictures and Words
tail
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--ail Pictures and Words
--ail Pictures and Words
wail
--ail Pictures and Words
--ail Pictures and Words
frail
--ail Pictures and Words
--ail Pictures and Words
trail
--ail Pictures and Words
--ail Pictures and Words
mail
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ail Family Handwriting
Practice
Name:
Directions: Trace over the letters in each sentence and then write it yourself
in the space below. Draw a picture for the story on the back of your paper.
A snail leaves a trail without any tail.
Without fail, there’s always a trail,
on a nail, in a pail or even in a jail.
It seems as if the snail leaves mail.
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ail Family Handwriting
Practice
Name:
Directions: Trace over the letters in each sentence and then write it yourself
in the space below. Draw a picture for the story on the back of your paper.
I’m waiting for your letter in the mail.
Did you send it by snail mail (slow)?
I hope you sent it by airmail or rail!
I guess I’d better follow its trail.
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ail Family Word Slide
ail
ail Family Word Slide
(Sound Blending)
Print on vellum, cut, and laminate for durability. Cut the top and bottom slits to the left
of the rime chunk for the slide. Model proper use for students: blending to form and
say new words.
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n
t
f
p
tr
fr
qu
w
h
r
r
j
s
m
sn
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What’s it Worth? (ail)
(cut, spell, glue)
a
i
a
l
1
a
1
2
3
a
1
a
1
i
1
i
2
i
2
i
2
l
2
l
3
t
s
4
s
5
p
5
n
6
n
4
r
4
l
2
3
l
3
3
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Word Family (-ail)
fail, frail, hail, jail, mail, nail, pail, quail,
rail, sail, snail, tail, trail, wail
Write sentences or a story with –ail words of your choice.
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My ail Book
My ail Book
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ail
ail
ail
ail
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